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I’ve been lacking in review posts lately, and to be honest I’ve been lacking at reading other people’s as well. SO to break it up I’m doing mini reviews. With Contemporary I prefer a small snippet review anyway so hopefully there are some others like me. Also books that are contemporary and under 3 stars? More than likely I’ve forgotten everyone’s name and what even happens.

 

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett 2.5/5 stars

Cute and an easy read, nothing that overly wowed me. To be honest I found myself uninterested to see the conclusion because there was just no connection for me. I did like the focus on friendship and having a dad firmly in the picture but everything else I was just meh on. To much hype strike again.

 

Juniper Lemons, Happiness index by Julie Israel 3.5/5 stars

I really enjoyed all these characters and Juniper herself, the singing was super cute and for a book with happy in the title it was pretty sad but really well balanced.

This deals with death, mentions of attempted rape, family abuse, and grief. I thought it dealt with all the harder topics really well and balanced out perfectly. If you’re looking for a book that deals with the same themes really really well I highly recommend Words on Deep Blue by Cath Crowley.

A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard 4/5 Stars

This book was everything everyone told me it would be. Cute, funny, SO MUCH character growth, romance, diverse characters, and about learning how to work in a world that doesn’t always make room for you. 

I adored the romance, I loved the character arcs and the families. Steffi is a fantastic character and the writing was done with a lot of internal monologue which really showed how personality and thoughts on situations.

 

The Flywheel by Erin Gough 4/5 stars

It’s Aussie, it’s a super cute romance, it’s a teen being overwhelmed with so much responsibility and thoughts, and just THINGS TO DO. I was overwhelmed reading Delilah’s life I don’t know how she managed. Also super cute romance, amazing crushing, girls loving girls. Fantastic aussie contemporary.

Contemporaries are so all so pretty and while I did like most of these the only one I imagine myself re-reading is A Quiet Kind of Thunder.

Have you read any of these? What are your thoughts? Are they on your TBR?